# CVE-2024-12430: Command injection in AC500 V3

> An authenticated attacker can inject arbitrary commands into a crafted file, leading to root-level code execution on ABB AC500 V3 devices.

- **Severity:** High 7.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 7 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 3 Nov 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-97m6-7wj3-g2cm

## What is CVE-2024-12430?

CVE-2024-12430 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in ABB AC500 V3, published on 7 Jan 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An attacker who successfully exploited these vulnerabilities could cause enable command execution. A vulnerability exists in the AC500 V3 version mentioned. After successfully exploiting CVE-2024-12429 (directory traversal), a successfully authenticated attacker can inject arbitrary commands into a specifically crafted file, which then will be executed by root user.
All AC500 V3 products (PM5xxx) with firmware version earlier than 3.8.0 are affected by this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-280 (Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12430?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-12430?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12430 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-12430 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12430 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-12430 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-12430 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in ABB AC500 V3, published on 7 Jan 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12430 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: ABB AC500 V3. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12430/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12430/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12430
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12430
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-12430

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12430/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.